Word: faster
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...later at the Greater Boston Championships, Rogers recalls former harrier captain Sarah Linsley advising her at the finish line to swallow her disappointment and become a strong, enthusiastic captain despite her personal performances. Linsley's words were apparently not taken in vain, for Rogers has been running more relaxed, faster races ever since, and her ability as a team leader is beyond dispute...
...drivers decided Sunday night to return to work after agreeing with ARA to submit disputes to "mini-arbitration." Settlements will be handled by local arbitors, who are cheaper and faster than a national arbitration association, Spelt said...
Under the pressure of the campaign, Carter, with some reluctance, has also proposed a tax cut for next year. It would provide $27.6 billion in relief to taxpayers and a faster write-off for business depreciation. Surprisingly, for a Democratic plan, a larger share of the savings would go to business than under Reagan's proposal. Carter would give individuals just $11.9 billion in cuts; business would get $15.7 billion. But there is one key difference: Carter's plan for individual reductions would be used to offset the scheduled 1981 increase in Social Security taxes. This would reduce taxes...
...utilities, Commoner said that he would look into renewable solar energy as a solution to shortage problems. He said that Brazil will begin relying on alcohol as a cheaper, low-pollution energy source within four years and that the U.S. could make the conversion from oil to alcohol even faster...
...these efforts. After the speech he told TIME: "We're better off than we were four years ago, but you can't say we're stronger vs. the Soviets than we were." That is certainly true, since the Soviet Union continues its military buildup at a faster rate than the U.S. Why, then, was the Carter Administration, soon after taking office, so willing to cut $4 billion from Ford's proposed Pentagon budget for fiscal 1978? Replied Brown: "What we were doing in 1977 was scrubbing what we had inherited. Probably we should have waited...